Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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P BY THE4R&PU8LIGANS TO & T BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL. >.4.Jl Blnoderlnp:Hjntnpnlif p( Proylnlonn ? K?MBWOWfco Sell Out?lUlllor> 1>?t *)rt in the citec of Millor vs. Ellicy^Bfcu the seventh South Caro^iUftlwr)^ wuk submitted to the House Committee on Elections this morning. Tho report is somewhat ' sensational in thAt at the very begin, Ijtfng it declares that the entire South ?xr. Carolina registration and ejection laws ave unconstitutional. The1 basis for this declaration as stated in ?L. thoTeport is that tho State law" im' poses a number of restrictions upon f jLthe exercise of the light of suffrage ? conflict with the State Ejpnstituuon. The Constitution deBp^Jplvos a. person of tlio rights of su*f to do so, also those who moved into the State and neglected to register at tho first reg'' istration and on thoso wlio sold their registration certificates for a valua4 bio consideration. Tho report says that a number of ncgfbes havo been v ; compelled by poverty while waiting tho maturity of the cotton crop to negotitate their certificates to traders who immediately send tliom to political headquarters with tho result that the negroes aro permanently disfranchised. After laying down this proposition the report proceeds to / ^Uscuss the legal aspects of tho elec 'TOion from the usual standpoint and recites tho fact that in certain prc| cincts what amounted to an odueas > tional test (and theroforo an illegal test) was imposed by lettering tho ,htUnt txiTAR. wlllVll worn annnM(? !? I v^,i^ f 7 " ?t v* v nvjinuMUD JLXX '. the case of each office, and that voters 1 wore deceived by an intentional shift' ing of boxes, so that the judges of eleefciou were able tb throw out all , f UlllutS oast in the wrong boxes. There . was also, says the report, evidence ' of ballot box stuffing, Summing up, it is found that, taking the position , ' , v most favorable to tho sitting meinboi*, the contestant, Miller, had a majority j of 767, while, if tlio law was strictly followed, his majority will reach , 1,448. Wilson, of Missouri, will pre- _ pure tho minority report. i 8WEITBY A CYCLONE. Reported Don! ruction of a WcKtnrn VlllnRn I and Lou ol Life. ( Lincoln, Nun., Juno 4.?Meagre i " - ports received from Bradshaw, a ' hamlet of some four or livo hundred 1 nffiahltaritirAbcrat fifty miles west or i jg this city, state that the town was ; , swept away late last night by a cy- ' clone. Six persons are reported killed i fi- and, twenty-live or more injured. The i * tologrnixh wires are dotvn. No fur- f y ther particulars can be learned. i . Chicago, 10 a. m.?Up to this hour ! > no confirmation of tho reported do- J struction of Bradshaw, Nebraska, by _ cyclone last night can bo obtained v and it is tliought that the rumora cuxront last night were exaggerated. Nebraska was visited by a terrific wind and rain storm but as far as from there was no loss of life ^ {f\ frious destruction of property. h\ Tillage of Bradshaw is situated KLJL :u /-1,.?i. ? i t -i.. r ^iimuiuuu wuiitj. uuuun ivvuubj v Allen northwest of Hastings. Last ? night advices said six persons there were killed and over twenty-five injnrod. Telegraph wires tlirougliout tne West are crippled by the storm. Omaha, Nek.?A special to tho Bee reports that a cyclone about ten o'clock last night blew down every house in the little *own of Bradshaw of 800 inhabitants. Five per.>V sons were killed outright and several MBSptniured. The wii-es are down in that ^' section and particulars are not yet at The Oldest Yet. * 'Miujumucvillk, Oa., June 7.? A-l TV _ J.1. 1' 1 ! ,*i UanmiH-UVKtr ix>inuiiu, 111 mscuurgiug I Jiia duties ran across tho "oldest in .fcsbitant," and was puzzled for awhilo ? aa to what entry to mako for lior ago. i Jane Moore, a negro woman living in - the northern part of the city, gave her Hk^age as a hundred and twenty-one KlflgO^Ara old. Mr. Bethune questioned ^ EmK* some timo and discovered that ijiKnt it; was there and saw it; shere" HBmbored Washington and all of the 7, Jtifttbers, she remembered their habits ^^ntMeoentrieities, and said she was ^WNfcned and hod children when Wtbington died. Her oldest living BpfeBMR' i? eighty eight years, and since its bh'th alio has boon blessed with twenty-seven others She is evidently R. not loss than a hundred and ten years old, and may be a hundred and twon Encampment. rdon, ComUnitod Conmnccs that inont of fcho lhattanoogn, and Cth of U8iijC8H con eat method rere injured 50 1^h6vriB tie grounds mont of visr . > How He Uooaine ? llepuMloan?The Tree Story <>f His Action After tho War. Gen. Longs tree t has exploded a story which has been circulated for y ears as an explanation of his connection with tho Republican party. The common report has been that Longstreet mode up his mind on this subject'at a conference with soveral other well-known Confederate Generals soon after the close of the war; that they all agreed to indorse the policy of reconstruction; that LongsLrcot wrote a lotter following out that idea, and that in consequenco of the abuse which this Action brought upon Longstreet the other Confederate generals who had agreed to go into the move4acntwith him "backed out." Gen. tjOi-gstreet was in St Louis last lil.onday, and a reporter of the GlobeDeinocrai called his attention to the i story which has been freauentlv told 1 in explanation of his alliance with A the Republican party, Gen. Long- t ter the military bill had passed, and t friends of the South felt that they 1 were in a dark hour. The Now Or- r leans Times camo out in a strong edi to rial calling upon Hood, "Wheeler, c Stewart, myself and others as South- e era leaders to join the paper in a plea 11 for reconstruction of the Union. Wo u wero asked to declare in so many t words that wo accepted the results r and wero ready to aid in the speedy t restoration of the Union. v "Goii. Hood met me, and we t alked 8 about the oditorial. Ho said in eff ect 11 that it aimed at a condition that we v all devoutly hoped for, but, he added, c 'If you declare yourself on those lines, u the Southern press and the Southern c people will vilify and abuse you. It 0 may bo very patriotic and all that, h but it will bo very foolish.' I replied ti ?I don't oxactly remember what 8; were tho words, but it was to tho of- ti feet that,- if it was patriotic, I was willing to be called a fool. That af- 81 ternoon I wrote my letter on rccon- ? Btruction to the Times. It was first 1 published in these columns, and first k read by Gen. Hood when it appeared h in print. However much Gen. Hood Hl may have shared my sentimonts, he 11 never trusted himself to public ex- d [iression of them. Gen. Wheeler, I "J lid not consult in tho matter. Ho, h 4.1 ? J i i 1 ' ? meruiure, urn 1101 miernne aim moKO ^ marginal notes in my letter. There h never was an arrangement under b which my letter was to be followed, h The soldiers named wore all gentle- b in on, and had they made any such an n xgreememt they would have carried it r< nut. If I did tread the wine-press 31 done, I did so on my own motion." ?J This statement of Gen. Longstreet 8 A'ill be accented ILK tiiml Tf. dfiid.rnvu tiJ \ legend which has been repeated for years, and which many have believed, h Iho strangest thing about the whole matter is that Gen. Longstreot did h not long ago deny a story which did b some of the most distinguished of his Hl issociates in the Confederate army d ?rave injustice. It is well that the & bruth has come out at last.?Macon Telegraph. KISSED THE WRONG MAN A rho I.udicrouftly I'alnful Kxporlonce of ? ? Young Husband. H Thoro camo near being a tragedy at j the union depot at Indianapolis the v othoi* day. D A pleasant faced littlo woman went n to the station, equipped for a journey. ^ She was young and pretty, and her ^ young husband went down to see her ^ safoly off. The woman was nerve as. ^ Finally, tho train came in. . It was a moment of groat excite- T mont. The couple hurried out to the ? gate. Hundreds of people were * pushing and hurrying. The little woman lost her head completely. At a the big iron gate her husband had * to stop. The gatemantook her ticket, i Sho threw hor arms about her husband's neck frantically, turned ^ around and started through; then, j with a final "good-bye," turnod quick- t ly back and, liko a Hash, soundly kissed the gentleman. She did not discovor her mistake,but tho crowd broke into a great laugh, and it was a question whether tho ^ husband or the gater. u was the j more embarrassed. They lookod at each other red as fire for a moment, then laughed and shook hands. "It's all right, she thought it was ' me," explained the husband, turning | I was observed to gfflW' nmisitftl 'mmh J A far-away look would como into bis ( eyo whonovcr ho had a Uttlo leisure < to think. ( 1 CROPS CUT TO PIECES. i A Fearfully Destructive Storm Striken i l'lokons. Pickens, S. C., JunoMJ.?Tho most i terrific hail storm that has boon known j in this section for years, passed < through last night about midnight. < At this early hour not many people 1 havo como in from tho country, but 1 reports from a mile and a half east of i this place say that tho crops are on- 1 tirely ruined. Your correspondent i was on the farms of Judge J. H. i Newton and T. C. Robinson. Esq.. 1 just one mile east of here ana found ' their cotton corn, etc., literally torn i to pieces. Plenty of hail stones could < be picked up in the woods and low < places ifc the field as large as patridgo 1 eggs tins inorning. Your correspond- < Pleasured noe.drift nOmiLwww 1 measured about eight inohes. I What oI the crops the hail did not , 1 destroy, the wind and rain ru ncd. 11 The oxtont of the storm cannot be | i | estimated.?Greenville News. ~ 1i The l*unlahment? are ft* a rule Severe a&< Cruel. The punishment in vogue in th< French army are of a very sovero na ture, more especially whon it is con iidered that tho men thus punislioc wo not by any means criminals, bul Dnly soldiers who have not behaved 30 well as they might. These aro doported to Algiers under tho name j{ "Camisards," where they aro enrolled in the ."com page ios de disci plino." Before embarking Hi-? mw aas liis boots taken from him, wind: iro roplaced by sabots, and on arrivng at his destination he receives a iniform of gray wool, and a cap with i large brim. The men are farmed >ut to do work, and are all the time inder the supervision of non-comnis^^^^^Soers, who treat their round with perpendicular walls, so liat escape is impossible. Scorching ieat by day and cold at night, witn ations reduced to oae-quurter of heir proper quantity, make the very omnion punishment of the gargo ule xtremely trying. Tne imprisonment of men in the tombeaux, or regilation tents, which is only fifty ccnimetres broad and sixty high, is no arity; and during their incarceration he prisoners receive no wine nor rater nor coffee. A little meat and ome bouillon is their wholo nourishment during the day. But those rho arc punished with cells are iuomparably worse off. They aro ever allowed, under any circumstanes, to leavo tho hole tlioy are kept in idler by night or by day. They hvc no dutios of work to pass tho imo, and only get worm soup every econd day, with a very limited quanity of water daily. The punishment is made still more overe by putting the man into irons n certain occasions. Tho delinucnt has two rings around his anles, which are connected by an iron ?r rather more t.au a foot in length o that his lcg9 form an isosceles tri ngle with it. Ho is forced to lio own on liis face, and then his arms re chained oil his back, whereupon 0 is put into his tombeau. Ho can illy eat his soup liko a dog, and if e wants to drink he must seize his ottlo with his teeth, and should ho it the 1 Kittle fall his ration of water 1 lost for that day. Any complaints ro stopped by a gag. Only quite iccntly a puuislJment was in use illed the crapaudine. The prisonr's hands mid feet were chained toother and in this posture he was fere is hands are* tied on his back, and aund his nock an iron collar is fasmed, which is attached to an iron ar in tlio wall. The man has to tandin this position as long as oight ays, unablo to lio down or to do nytliing for himself. ? Agricultural College Presidents. Gen. Stephen D. Leo has made a 110 record as president of tlio State agricultural and Mechanical College f Mississippi. Ho has made the intitution one of tho most famous and lost useful of its kind in the country, t is easy to understand therefore .'hy Gen. Leo has boon elected unanimously president of Clemson College t Fort Hill, S. C. The trustees of ah lit a iaaitaiii iillb luouiuuuiuu nuiu via kuv ava/avuu or the best man they could find for he position and their choice foil on Ion. Lee. The coll ego will occupy ho homestead of John C. Calhoun, lis son-in-law, Mr. Clemson, gave >100,000 to the State in addition to a uaguificent sito and valuablo buildngs. The institution will receive 550,000 a year from South Caroline n addition to this bequest. Gen, Lico was paid $3,000 a year by Mis lissippi. South Caroline gives him 56,000 and a home. He is worth it !3ut this incident shows how proca ious is the tenure of Georgia on anj valuable teacher that may develop ir ler service. Teachers are paid mis )rablo salaries in the public schoolt )f Georgia,and the folly of this policj vill become evident whon otlier Statei jogin to take our best teachers fron as. Alabama now has one of the besi Agricultural schools in the country a' Auburn. Three of its most distin juishod men were formerly in thi employ of Georgia and would proba bly have been there yet if their ser liart bffdrfrf OR. .OftVCPTiaktLpdJthe; One of these is the president of tb< institution, William Leroy Broun duo of tho most valuable professori that ever adorned the University o Georgia. Another is Professor J Stanley Newman, a trained teacher Mid the man who did more for tin agricultural bureau of Goorgia thai Miy other. Tho third is Professor P H. Moll, former State Chemist o Georgia and a teacher of the firs Drder. All these men went aw a: Prom Georgia because they could d< txjtto" elsewhere. It is a choap policy n ono sense, and, in another sense, f very expensive policy, to peimit sucl men to lenve tho State because we d< not appreciate their talents and use Nilnnaa mwl /\ff ?? 4li/v?v\ . IU UVQD MUU uuci uivm iuviui omiuiCD rho recont experience of Mississipp n losing her most valuable educatoi uid the oft-repeated experience o ?ur own state in the same line ough to teach a lesson. Good men are ix lemand, and if we expect to kee] pay them.?Macox [Tho statement that General La ins been made president of the Olem ion College is incorrect. Tho trus tees have not yot made any appoint nents.] ni-unnut Ifruu I IV.O. I A CI??p nud Frank Stattmcnt Vnim CroatM dmt Stnekfiefue. \ 5 I am in receipt of i letters from brethren in different ports of the* : State, asking the question, "Is it [ constitutional for tko Alliance to pass j resolutions for or agtunst tbe action 1 of the March convention!. I did not advise against the pas' sago of such resolutions because I held that such action waif unconstitu tional, but I did so because I believ1 ed that such action would be hurtful to the Alliance, and because I be^ ' hwVcd there was no . absolute neces)! ' sity for such action, aud I have see* m/vau: it. * i? mil jiuiiuu^ xii uuo uoveiopemems SO Vf to lesson my estimate of the danger, or to show the necessity for such developed a spirit ofbif^eraessbotw^n tlio faction and that, too, before the organization of tho Alliance?such as would bo hurtful to if not absolutely destructive of Allianoa unity. This being true, would it not. be far safer and better to form dubs for or against , tho "movement" in which to discuss and advance their ideas of truo Dem- j ocratic policy? I woyld not advise , this course in tho study and discus- , sion of new questions,.but I do earn- ] estly advise tho abandonment of such action by the Alliance on theje questions for tlio rensou stated, and I Lave been pleased to soe th.-.t Captain Tillman lias advised the sumo course, because of bis appreciation of ' tho danger to our organization. So, too, has your State Lecturer, Bro. Elder. So again, let mo advise the 1 abandonment of. such action by the j Alliance. If our people desire td give orgauized expression to their views I on those questions, let them organize ( for flinf ruirrvnao u*V>nvn nnuo tion/) l\n *V* WUI?V |/U& |/V'OVf ?? UVA V UVilV UVVU WW ^ present who arc not in sympathy with their views and purposes. In mdst j of our Alliances thero is more or less division of opinion on these questions ' ?divisions that had caused irritation of feeling before our order was organized. So, again, lot wc advise agoinst such action, not becausr it is uncon- j stutional, but because it is danger- ] ous to the unity and success of tho ^ Alliance. j E. T. Stackiiouse, , Pres't S. .O. S. P. A. ] Curllso on tho Sub-Treiumry. Under tho date of last Saturday, ] Senator Carlisle, of Kentucky, has 1 written a long letter to tho Farmers' Allianco in- Tuskog^e, Ala.*, in regard 1 Congress.'u,53Si' Carliso says: "The whole schorne in 1 its general form and design is vicious ; in pi-inciplo, and if adopted would ; prove in practice ruinous to evory interest it is intended to benefit." Ho says further that it is a plan to compel tno government to issue ana distribute money for the bcnoflt of tho people living in the rich and pro ductivo counties, at the expense of the people living in tho poorer and less productivo ones. Moreover, it is a plan to enable unscrupulous speculators to take advantago of the farmers' pecuniary necessities and extort exorbitant prices for food from peoplo who reside in cities, towns and villages. Tho plan, if adopted, ho says, would throw the country into profound confusion twice a year, enrich. ing some by inflation of currency, and bankrupting others by contraction of currency aud -decline in i prices. . ' Smitten by a Thunderbolt. A special from Cairo. Midi., says; 1 At seven o'clock last evening four k farmers were struck by lightning ' four miles west of here. T. N. Faggett, Edward Goodckild, Wm. Hw1 mes and Matt Fingle were engaged in Eerforming an operation upon a young orse. A thunder storm come up suddenly and a bolt of lightning ' struck in the midst of the men. As Mi*s. Faggett looked from her jloor ' she s{iw tho forms of four lifeless men ' upon the ground. Goodchild and i Holmes wero doad when assistance ] arrived, although uo marks or traeos \ of the current could be found upon their persons, Goodchild was a former thirty seven years of age, and 3 had a family of five children. Holmes " was thirty one years of age and unmarried. Ringle and Faggett arc re onyfiring- It was one of Clie worst eloc9 section. ' Cleopatra'i Ashes. ' Chicago. June 3.?Alexander Tog liaferro, of Alexandria, Egypt, writes to the directors of the world's fair 3 that he is in a position to furnish 1 them an interesting exhibit He has sent the officials a photograph of a [ sarcophagus which he asserts is that 1 of Cleopatra. It was recently dis7 covered in Ciesar's Camp, near Alex> andria, by archaeologists. When tho 7 sarcophagus was opened the contents 1 were in ashos, with the exception of l c.. a.i.i ?:?mi J - tuu nueiuiiuu, wuhhi ui huii prwerveu. | ' Mr. Tagliaferro says ho ia prompted ' to negotiate with the exposition au: thorities from notices which he has 1 seen in the newspapers from the J* United States announcing that the f Khedivo of Egypt has been asked by t the directors of the exposition for 1 the mumtoy of Rsmiaes.^ His price > is $60,000. ) a life sentence in Joliefe, ill.'; State - prison, on Tnpsday reoeKed notice - of his pardon. Wednec^LV he fell - a cad of heart disease WoUe telling a fellow prisoner of his gCf ^xick. UN* OF EGYPT'S PLAGUES. A|? Kpidaiulc of CrawllM) Making MUsInsIp pi IMautcrtt Mlnciublcw Farming operations in tho vicinity f pf Egypt, Miss., are greatly retarded 1 by the crawl] sh, which burrow in tho g velds and keep tho aurfaco brokon t And wet. They bore under ground T to tho depth of two or thrco feet, so t tliat the hogs can not get at tliem, i else they would not live to do any a damage. At the bottom of their E holes they have a conspecious nesting j] place, whoro hundreds of them nest 1 togother and whence they boro to the f Burface in every direction. So great e a post have they become, that a planter of the vicinity, Mr. Adam Carlisle, p conceived the idea of enlisting tho J negroes to exterminate them. He T offerod 10 cents a hundred. The no- j gross took lapteras and huntod tho jj Mr. Charlisio paid 8 KlB$8ofor'two nights' catch, and b abandoned tho plan. Ho thinks of p. establishing a colony of raccoons on k his place, as a last despcrato resort, k Tho Choctaw Indians used to set up n poles with crosses pn them for the b convenience of the owls, which are Ci famous crawfish hunters, and thus h their httlo crops were fairly protect- g| ed; but owls are too scarce to be em- r( ployed 011 large plantations, and the planters are therefore debarred from w this means of protection. The craw- n lish question is a serious one to tliein, S however ludicrous it may appear to S people at a distance. (j RETURNS FROM OREGON- tl * ii A. Kcpuhllcan ltcprosciilativo and I-crIhIh- 01 turo mill Democratic Oovemor. O Portland, Oregon, Juno 3.?Re- ^ turns from the State aro very incom- j plcte. The election of Herman (Re- IV publican) for Congrcs is assured. 0 riio Govornor is in doubt with the a chances in favor of Pennoyor (Dem- ii pcrat). Tho Republicans elect the v. remainder of tho State ticket and a < ; majority in both branches of tiie ti Legislature. w a Without T?nj;uo or I'hIiiIc j] Geo. Watson, a Texas rancher, 1 reached New York the latter part of November with a consign nu ut of polo ponies from Grason county, rhey were a part of a purchase by c fames Gordon Bennett and Lord Loncdale, and were to be shipped to England. Watson had caucor of tlio q tongue and went to the Charity Hos- il pital. It was decided to reiuovo liiH n tongue, lower palato aud lingual t< glands beueath tho tongue. On tho lj afternoon of December 2 the opera- tl ment through a silver tube inserted ? in his cosophagus just below the d right ear. He was unable to articulate at all for a month following tho 1> operation, and tho tirst. words lio ut- 1 igfeu were nuouieu at ft irouuiesome i> cat in liis ward in the hospital. His V langugc was idiomatic and emphatic. There are no outward indications to r show that Watson is tongucless and P palatelesa. His speech is hampered " a groat deal, however, his articula- v tion being defective. He will always 1 speak somewhat inarticulately. The t greatest loss to him is the loss of all sonsc of taste and smell. Swallow- fl ing solid is a \ cry difficult task for < him, as ho has lost the power to i gulp food, which the tongue gives. ? Watson was official interpreter for < Indians at Washington twelve years ago. He speaks or spoke, the * Comanche, Priste, IIte, Shosnone t And Arapahoe lingo. H was in the 1 ranks of the Texas Rangers and 1 fought on the Confederate side dur- ' ing the civil war. j Afraid ofService Pension. < Washington, D. C., June 3.?After * a talk yesterday beteen Senator Davis and Representative Merrill, 1 chairman of the two committees on J pensions, it was believed that an 1 agreement would bo finally and for- ( molly roachod to-day by the conferees ' on tho general pension bill. But when the House conferees came up this morning with the instructions of the Republican caucus of last night to maintain tho principle of 1 service pensions, it was manifest that , agreement could not be secured under thoso conditions, and the vote to report a disagreement to the respective housos was adopted. Tho service pension feature was the only one of importance upon which tho T?-/vMild not agree. ?A telegram from San Antonio, Texas, says: A sensation has been created throughout the South by the announcement from Rev. Virgil Maxey, the notod Southern rovivalist and Baptist minister, that ho will go on the stage September 1 st, he having been engaged by T. Stutts, tho theatrical manager, to play prominent parts during the coming season. Mr. Maxoy, in on interview, statfld his object to unite tho pulpit and stage. Ho will bo on tho stage six days in tho week and preach on Sundays. He is a nephew of ex-United States Senator Maxoy. " mm 1 ?The Rev. J. Cleveland Hall, late pastor of the Presbyterian church at Manchester, Va., was one of tho class oonfirmed by Bishop Whittle on his recent visit to that city. Mr. Hall will probably enter the Episcopal ?The British Museum received one day last week a Chincso bank note issued from the Imperial mint 800 years before the first use of papar money in England. HOMICIDE IN PICKENS. /Ol, John C. Griflln Stubbed to Death by 8. Stephen*. Pickens, June 2.?Tho first murdci or the town of Pickens was eomiiittod Saturday. David S. Stephons tabbed Joint C. Griffin in tho left ?reast, inflicting a mortal wound, of illicit Griffin died two hours after ho blow was struck. Stephens had >een employed by Griffin to .ttend to his mills on Town creek, tear Pickens, and lived with his faiuly in. Pickens, next door to Griffin. ?he contract for sawing tho lumber or Clemson collogo had been awardd to Griffin and R. W. Gillespie. On May 26 Griflln remoyed the saw art of Jiis mill from Pickens to Fort lill, and had been absent all that reek. Ho returned a little after sun [own and called at tho postoffice for, is n,tnTL. r-AV. aiuinsn" store, near by, nd had been using some pretty trong language about what ho was oing to dp for Griffin, if ho did not ling the saw mill back But no ono ad any idea of violence. As soon as c saw Mr. Grilfin he called him. and leeting up with him he (Stephens') ogan to say how he understood tho ontract. Griflui did not agree with im, and they walked on down tho trcet talking together until they melted the house of Mr. Stephens. At this place a negro, who says he ms near by, testified that the lie was lutually passed, and Griffin struck tepliens a blow With his list, when tephens struck him back, and, as riifliu advanced again Stephens tabbed him witli a knife. Grilfin ten turned back up the street, cryig "Help! help! I'm murdered," and tiled to John P. Hoggs, the nearest tie to luin, to come quick. Boggs, thinkinghe liud beondisomowelled, ran ard met liim after ho ad walked about twenty-five stops, ad eased him down on tho street. >11 examination he found tho wound a above described by the blood gusliig out. Drs. Williams and Earle rero soon 011 the scene and had him iirricd to his house. An examina1011 convinced them that the wound ras mortal. The remains were buried yesterday fternoon with Masonic honors, at lie Hagood burying ground n.q'tli of 'ickens. WAR TO THE DEATH. ol. .lolin J. Dti-gaii will Fight Col. Enrle "to tho Hitter Knd ' Sorno years ago an acrimonious uarrel occurred between Col. Earle nd Col. Dargan of Sumter. It cullhiated iw a challenge from D;u-gan 5 light. The challenge was proniptr acceptod, but friends interfered, lie matter was left to a board of aritii^tion, and the difficulty iidiiistodin'i that uPEarle came out for Covin or all in his power to efeat him": utterance seemed o ungenerousrnat rnnrnp admirers of ot.li men refused to behave it, ^3ol. )argnn places the matter be^iTfl dilute by tho billowing letter to th<J Vor Id Budget: Editor of the Budget: It is to ho or?i?oH/ul Mini xnlinf T cMn/1 /\f mv ni\ L^IUI/tlAC tUdU Mimi Jft. \/l iHJ v/ J/ >osit,ion to Col. Earlc should havo ;otten prematurely into print. It ras said at a picnic, it is true, but in uivate conversion, and was not inended for the press. When Col. Earlc announces himiclf regularly as a candidate for governor, I shall conceive it to be my luty to oppose his election, and shall jive to the public the grounds of my >pposition. I am trying to do my part towards securing a good State government, uul I am not to bo restrained in this .vork by any personal Considerations whatever. I am not of those who are 'for anything to beat Tillman," but }f those others who arc for anything ;o advance the cause of the people in 3ur State and National administrations. I can be dependod upon to fight rigorously against both Tillman and Earle "to the bitter end;" and against uiyono elso who may come out for an cilice that I consider ifhfit forapropci iischarge of its duties. Respectfully, John J. Dakgax, Statcburg, S. C., Mai' 81, 1890. nKN.EABLKWIU ItK \ CANDIDATE Tlio General Ilofnri* to tlin IVImIiom of Ho Friends. Sumter, June 3.?Your corresixm dont has been credibly informed 1>> a friend of Gen. Earlo that ho h:u /looi/lorl tliA vnno rrm'fii* \IUV'1UVU KJKJ CUKV1 WIO HlV'li 1V/1 rt w I Vi nor. Letters and petitions have been pouring in upon him from ul i'?'^ *>? for sovcral weeki past, and he has at last decided t< yield to thoir demands and ontai upon the eanvass of tho State. Gei Eailo, liirnsolf, is absent from the city attending to his official duties ii Columbia anel it was impossible te soo hini; but in a few days he will do clare himself through the press.? Charleston World. ?Saginaw, Mich., has a familj which lives in a shed 12 by 1<> ifet ii area. The family consists of father mother, tlireo children, three liorsos two cows, two goats, six dogs, a flocl of pigeons rud t>l? cages of singiiif birds. A bale of hay separates tin so-called brute portion of the famil; from tho rest. ?Senator Stanford, who wants th< government to go into the businesi of lending money at a low rate o .vj V O U*^ 1UU1 owes his flrr t step to great wealth U a fire that burned his law library while ho was practicing in Wiscou sin, and drove him out to California at a timo when he struck a tide thai led on toimmonse fortune. A TAUT CORRKSl-ONUBNCU. ** " ^ Rlr. I.iiiimcr, ofj> ernou, nn?l Col. I)air- "? lint , of Hamlpr, lnl?rolinn(i< l.rllrri ?>. tho Inmiiom lli'tn-t-kh Tillman find I>?rina. The following correspondence recontly passed l>etwcen Mr. A. C. Latimer, of Bolton, and Col. J. J. Dargau, of Sumter: Belton, S. C., May 22. 1890. r Cql. J. J. Dorgan, Sumter, S. C.? Dea* Sir: I see from the News and Courier you propose to be in Anderson on the 18th, and propose to ask tho people to hear you in vindication of yoiu- course in tliis campaign and to llfllir wlmf vnn al.oll 1>?"? 1" JWU mum iiiHU tu DilJ U1 Mi;. Tillman to liis face. Now I write to say to you, in behalf of the pood people of Anderson. tlmf if oi-tmtf people, then we would bo glad to hear you; but, if not, then the press is open for you to explain your position, and if thero is a difference'between 3-0urself and Mr. Tilluian, 3*ou know where to find liim. The course 3*011 propose cannot result in any pood to 3'oursclf or to tho Democracy of this count3*, and it might be the means of a row and bloodshed in our midst. I therefore insist that 3*011 desist from the course proposed, and notif3* you now that I shall do 1113* utmost to prevent ai)3'tliiiig that shall be calculated to produce discord among us. Yours respectfully, A. C. Latimer. Statebnrg. S. C., Ma3* 21, IHtX). Mr. A. C. Latimer, J3ellon, S. C.? Dear Sir: Your favor of tho 22d inst. is at hand. I had not suspocted that plain, honest si>oeeh in refu(atiou of slanderous charges, mado in 1113* absence before a people to whom I tun little known, without tho least pertinono3* to the question under discussion, would so offend "good people" as to bring 011 a "row" which might result in "bloodshed." I am unwilling to believe the pood people of Anderson so backward in civilization. so devoid of the instincts and principles of justice, so out of tho way of the ends of true Democracy*, as to refuse to hear both sides of all political controversies with calm dignity. and to accord a grossl3* and . . gratuitously reviled citizen a word in* his own defence. But I confess, frankly, that 3*our declaration, coupled with the marvelous display of gravity with which the assembly at your recent meeting witnessed tho mannishness on tho stage when a grown-up person was calling for sonio one to look him in the,, eye and asserting himself not afraid of this, that and the other, like a 16-year-old on a baseball ground, is not reassuring. Surely thero was a broad smile on the faces of "the good" However, until tk|BpSffnvt* tuny?~ appears bysubset^M^roccurr em-os I will not bo persuaded that you represent any large body "of y.ao pic m Anhorson when ycngfwnpeful^ v rowdyism fay the|W*,'%?aWff mavoto risk myself at your ipass meeting on June 18, though I feel thtft- I must promise you under the cirotttastances that, if 3*our fears and are generally entertained, I sliau^jt ^ venture an address to the crowd, left?^ * I become in some measiu*o repsousi- 'r, ble for blood-letting among a people so excitable and with so little selfcontrol. If I find such to bo the situation X can patiently bide m3* time until Mi*. Tillman comes to Sumter. Hero 1113* friends and ui3*self and all tho good peopn will sec to it that he is fully and fa ill 3* heard in presenting his charges against mo. I shall, of course, bo granted an unrestrained reply. This is all I have asked or wish. We, of Sumter, unfortunately have a few rowdies in our midst, but ' I trust an oflicicnt police forco will keep down any demonstration on their part. I extend to you a cordial invitation to attend the Sumter meeting, that you may witness the conspicuous foirness.with which your un"tamed" candidate for Governor will he treated ' by his determined opponents. Respectfully, John J. Dargan. A Natural Bridge in Arizona. Natural bridge, on Pino Creek, in the Northern part of Gila County, is one of the greatest natural curiosities in the United States, equaling if i not surpassing the natural bridge of Virginia. It spans the creek. .at a - height of about 200 feet, and tho r walls of the canyon rise above if on i either side 700 or 800 feet, and on - one side form a perpendicular proci> pice. The bridge is of lime forma1 tion, and tho insido of the arch, ? which is some 250 feet across, is worn 5 by Llio water as amooth as though r chiseled by the skillful hands of a i stonemason. The arch on top is > nearly, if not quite, 400 feet in width, i 1,000 feet in length across the canyon, > and at tho thinnest part only six feet A1\SV1?4- ttio ontdnit 4l>/\ iiin\'u^u. i a. MVZ l( V nun vrjini- UI HIl' arch is a hole largo enough to admit the body of a man, and through which one can look down into the. r crystal pool of water 200 feet below , ?Boston Transcript. Cleveland Far Ahead. ! Atjottkta. Me.. .Time f??Yosferdnv ^ tlio Boston Globe correspondent cirp culatod among the delegates to the y Democratic Stute Convention Blips asking several questions, including the following; "Whom do you favor 3 at the present time for President in 8 1892?" Two hundred and tweotyf one of the delegates returned answers e showing the foDowing result: Clovo) hind, 188; Hill, 28; Carlisle, 5; Whit, ney, 20. Second choice?Cleveland - 84; Hill 6v, Campbell 9; Carlisle 10; i Whitney 11; Voorhees 2; Gray 8; t William L. Putman. of Maine, 3; Palmer, of Illinois, 2; It. Q. Mills 2.